Machine for carding safety-pins, &amp;c.



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MAC/'EINE FOB GARD'G SAF APPLICATION FILED ALW-1,13, X908 H. B. CHURCH.

MACHINE FOR C HDING SAFETY PINS. che.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 1S. 1908. Lil. mmm Marr, 3Q, 1915 QSHBETSwSHEET H. UH U' Ml l MACHINE FOR GAHDNG SAFETY PINS` 6m.

M-PLMATION IUILHD AUG 1j 190s,

B. CHURCH.

MACHINE FOR GARDING SAFETY PINS, (Kw.

APLGTION FILED AUG.18,1908.

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H. B. CHURCH. MACHINE FOR GABDING SAFETY PINS, 6m.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG.13.1908.

Patented Mar.30,1915.

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MACHINE FOR GARDING SAFETY PINS, am.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJS. 1908.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

9 SHEETS-SHEET 8'.

H. B. CHURCH.

MACHINE FOR OARDING SAFETY PINS, ne.

` APPLIGATION I'ILED AUG`13, 190B,

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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MGHINE FOR GARDING SAFETY PINS, ne.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.13: 1908 Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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l I E. B. CHURCH. MACHINE PoR GARDING SAFETY PINS, Gw.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 13. 1908.

Patente@ May. 30, 1915.

9 SHEETS-SHEET 9.

HERBERT E. CHURCH, F BLOQIIFIELID, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO CONSLXD'LTTD. l y SAFETY PKN COMPLNY, @F BLOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, A

CORPOF'TION 0F MACHINE FOR CARDING SAFETY-PINS, dec.

Application 'llled llingust 13,

To-atl when) 'it Imay concern Be it known that l, Hniinnn'r B. CHURCH, a citizen of the United States, residing in Bloomficld.,in the State oit New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful lmprovements iii ll/lachiiies for Carding Safety-Fins, the.. of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

rlhis invention has for its object the production ot' a machine which shall he capable of applying safety pins or similar pins to the cards upon which they are usually sold with great rapidity, with-certainty, and in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, and it consists iiicertain mechanisms and mechanical devices for performing the Various functions necessary to thel accomplishment of the general result desired,

ln the machine in which the several in ventions oi' 'improvements are embodied, as illustrated herein, the pins are successively placed in a carrier, such-of them as may loe lclosed opened, the point members are brought to a common position, the point members, in a group comprising the desired number, usually twelve, are made to enter the card which is presented for the purpose,

"the pins are closed, and the entire group,

with the card upon which they are mounted, is Withdrawn from the carrier. All of these operations are performed automatically and with great rapidity.

The several mechanisms which are involved. in the several operations just referred to will he more particularly' described hereinafter" `with reference to the accompanying drawings in which they are illustrated as `einhodied in a single machine.

lin such drawings Figure l is a top view of the machine. Fig. 2 is an outline view of the machine as seen in elevation from the right hand in Fig. l. 3 is i rear end elevation olf the machine. \Fig. 4C is a front end elevation of the machine with the conveyer and associated parts removed. Fig. 5 is a view in section on the irregular plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Fig. l looking toward the .left in said ligure. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views in side elevation illustrating in different positions the means for transferring the pins from the pin guide to the chain, a portion of the guide, the chain and the devices for opening such pins Specification of Letters latent.

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as are closed being also shown. Fig. 8 is a top View of the end of the guide. Fig. 9 is an end View ot' the guide. Fig. 10 is a detail View in front elevation of the means for transferring pins from the guide to the chain, and the device for turning such pins as are improperly presented. and 13 are detail views illustrating the op'- eration of `the devices for holding the card or sticking the pins in the card, for closing the pins and for withdrawing the pins and card from the chain. Fig. 1+i is a detail view ot the pin closer. Fig. 15 is a detail view illustrating the operation ot. thedevices for withdrawing the pins 4and card from the chain. Figs. 16,'1? and 18 are de tail views of one of the pairs ol cams employed in the operation of certain of the parts of the machine as explained herein after.

l'n the following description the devices which are directly involved in the several operations performed upon the pins will be explained in detail without reference to the gearing by which the devices are operated from the driving shaft of the machine, and thereafter the arrangement of the gearing will be explained as 'far as may he necessary.

The pins to be carded are dumped into a hopper (i, (Fig. 5) just as they come from the pin making or finishing machine. some being' closed, that is, with pin points engaging the heads or shields, and others being open.` lin the bottom ot" the hopper is a feeder ri, consisting of a roll or disks mounted upon a shaft ft2 and having pro-tl The feeder picks out the y,

Figs. l1, 12

bucket conveyer (Figs. Q. 3v and 5) by which they are discharged through a chute 52 into a. hopper o (li-ige. l, E2, 3 and 5).

The latter has inclined sides with a slot in the bottom, through which. a hlade c2 (Figs. 3 and 5) is raised at interi-'als 'for the purpose of clearing the hopper and preventing the entanglement oi pins therein. rlhe hope" per itself is inclined and the pins arejog` gled 'to assist 'their Y oi'ement loy a plate c'L y which rests upon `a cam wheel c* one shaft c5, the plate seing pressed down hyaspring Ming. 5).

The ioggling of the pins ends oli the pins to drop through thelzsl'ot inclined and the pins arejoggled to facilitate their continued movement by a plate d2 which enters slightly between the bars d of the guide and rests upon a cam wheel da on a shaft g3 and being pressed` down by a spring d (Figgx 5), while a plate d5 (Figs. l and 5) covers the guide and pre- -vents the pins from being thrust out of the guide. At the lower end ofthe guide (Figs. 6-9) are springs Z7 which, by contact with the head or shield of the pin, prevent the dropping of the pin from the end of the 9.0

guide until it is removed therefrom by the devices about to be described,` a spring (ZS.

at the bottom of the guide similarly engaging the coil end of the pin to hold it against accidental movement.

- The devices which take the pins from the guide and transfer them to the carrier here ina-fter mentioned are shown in detail in Figs. 6, 7 and 10 and are indicated in part in Fig.v 5. lThese devices consist, briefly, of nipper jaws or fingers which seize the coil end of the pins between them and then move forward, turning at the'same time, so as to insert the point member of the pin in a card prepared therefor in the carrier. It will be observed that each pin is supported in the same position in the end of the guide until it is removed therefrom, so that'when the pin,V is once Vgrasped by the transferrer its vhead end will be properly presented to the socket in the carrier. The transferrer shown consists of a rod ze, capable of a slight endwise movement and also capable of a lateral movement in slots e formed in stationary members e2, and a rod ehaving a finger e4 to coperate with the end of the .rod e, and also capable of a slight endwise movement and of a lateral movement in curved slots e5 formed in the stationary members e2. A link e", secured to the rod e, slides on the rod e so as to maintain a certain definite relation between the two rods. The rod e is engaged by the forked end of a lever e7 pivoted at es, upon a shaft e capable of an oscillating movement in its bearings (Figs. 4 and 5). A lever 61, also pivoted at en on the shaft e", so as to oscillate therewith and thereon, also supports the rod-e and assists in the lateral movement above described, but is engaged directlyvwith the hub of the link e so that it may effect the independent longitudinal movement of the rod e3. The shaft e9 is oscillated through an arm em connected by a linke1a with the strap e of an eccentric e" on a shaft al'. The levers e and el", be-

in contact with the cams.

low the shaft e, are provided with rollers, as at e, which bear upon opposite face cams els, the lower ends of the levers being connected by a spring om to hold the rollers It will now be understood that when the parts are in the positions represented in Fig. G, the levers e? and el are held by the spring cw, under control of the cams el, in such positions as to hold the end of the rod c and the extremity of the finger e4 away from each other more than the thickness of the coil end of the pin then supported by the springs Z7 and Z8 at the end of the guiee. The continued movement of the cams e then causes the rods e and e to be moved longitudinally so as to firmly grasp the coil end of the pin between the end of the rod e and the extremity of the finger c4. At this time, the eccentric 61"' swings the levers about the axis of the shaft e9, causing the rod c to move forward in the straight slot e. At the same time, through the connection b v the link c, the rod c is drawn forward in the curved slots c, causing a partial rotation of the rod e about itsJ own axis and a partial revolution of. the rod e about the same aXis. This movement turns the pin which is then held by the transferrer from the position shown in Fig. G to the position shown in Fig. 7, the head or shield end of the pin being carried into a socket provided therefor in the conveyer or carrier now to be described.

The conveyer or carrier consists of a series of sockets;c (Figs. 5, (i, 7, 11, l2, 13 and 15) swiveled in the links of a chain f (see also Figs. 1 and 4) held between guides f2 and carried by chain wheels f3 (Fig. 4), suitably mounted in the frame of the machine, one of such chain wheels carrying a ratchet wheel f* which is engaged by a paw] f, the latter being actuated by a link f from an eccentric j" on a shaft f8. A step by step movement is .imparted to the chain with a dwell or rest between successive movements, so that each socket f is stopped long enough in line with the transfcrrer to receive a pin from the transferrer, the succeeding Inovement of the chain bringing an empty socket into line with the transferrcr.

As already stated, some of the pins when dumped into the hopper a, are open and others are closed and they are plarcd in the carrier or conveyer in the saine condition. lt is necessary, however, that all the pins which are closed shall be vopened in order that they may be applied to the card. For this purpose an opener is provided, the position of which is indicated at f/ iu Figs. l, 4i. and 5, the details of construction being sufficiently shown in Figs. 5, G and 7. Levers g, pivoted respectively upon ay horizontal axis g2, carry at their inner extremities oppostely extending ngers g which are llt) adapted to coperate with the two'members of a closed pin as it is held in a socket f of the carrier. lll`he levers are held yield`- ingly, as by a spring g4, in contact with an intermediate edge cam g5 on a shaft ge. As the shaft rotates it causes the fingers g3 to approach each other and thereby to press the point member of the pin toward the back member. The cam' immediately releases the levers and the point member of the pin is therefore released and is disenraged from the head or shield of the pin. With somo styles ot pins the formation of the head is such as to cause the pin point to move laterally, when it is pressed and released, suii'iciently to clear the opposite side of the head, and therefore to release itself, but with other styles of pins it is necessary to give the pin point a lateral movement by other means and for this purpose the post g7, upon/which one of the levers g is pivoted'horizontallyg is itself supported so as to be capable of a slight oscillation about the vertical axis, carrying the lever with it, and to effect such oscillation is provided with an arm g8 which bears against a face cam gg on the same disk or body with the edge cam g5 so that in the rotation of the cam, one of 'the fingers g3 receives, at the proper time, a lateral movement sufficient to carry the pin point olea-rot' the shield. llt will be understood ythat while this opener operates as each socket f of the carrier is brought into line therewith, such operation is not effective unless vsuch socket holds a closed fn. All of the pins which are delivered to the conveyer in a closed position, however, `are opened.

lt will be seen that the pins maybe inserted in the carrier with the point member down', as shown in Fig'. 7, or with the point member up. The opener operates in the same manner, whether the point member be up or down, but in order that the pins may be applied to the card it is necessary that all of the point members shall be in the same relative position. The means for effecting this result will noiv be described. The device is located in such position as to turn such pins as are improperl.vv positioned immediately after the operatic". of the opener. llt is shown in part in Figs. l and 4. and more in detail in Fig. l0. lt comprises a partial gear 7a, suitably mounted in proximity to the carrier f and having a proJectin'g pin or finger t. The gear receives a half revolution at each movement of the carrier z id the pin h strikes the point member of he safetypin which may be in front of it,

if such point member is uppermost, and rotates the pin and socket with its swivel, in the bearing of the latter in the chain, through a half revolution about the arlisof the swivel, thereby causing thepoint member to' project downwardly, as shown in l0. @t coince if the Apin already stands with its point member downward, the pin turning' device operates but without eftect. The gear t is conveniently operated by a rack 71.2 which is carried by a sliding" bar la, suitably mounted and pressed to the right (in Fig. it) by a springa It* placed between a linger h5 on the bar and a fixed finger or abutment r. cam It?, mounted on the shaft f3, strikes the bar f1.3 at each rotation of the shaft f8 and through the rack and lteur causes a potential effective movement of the turning device. T he spring h4 restores the turning device to its normal pos`1- tion.

The cards upon which the pins are to be mounted are placed in a box ,7c (Figs. l, et and 5) having a sliding bottom lo (Figs. 5,

l'l-l) which carries a rack 7a2 engaged by a gear segment /r on the end of a lever ct. The latter is4 suitably fulcrumed on the frame, as at le, and is connected by a link f 7c with an eccentric strap la? of an eccentric las carried by a gear hereinafter referred to. This card feeding box is constructed and opcrates substantially in the same manner as card feeding,r devices for other machines. It will be understood, of course, that this carol feeding device does not necessarily operate at each movement of the carrier, .but that its frequency of operation is inversely de. pendent upon the number of pins to be insei-ted in a single card. Usually this number is twelve and in such cases the card feeding device, as well as the other devices, about to be described, which operate upon the pins in the card, will operate once for every twelve operations of the pin transferrer, pin opener, and pin straightener and for each twelve forward steps of the pin carrier.

Each card, as it is ejected from the bot tom of the card box lo, is delivered to a card holder m (Fig. 5) which comprises a curved plate or body m', slotted through its upper surface, as at m2, in line with each pin to be inserted in the card, an edge holding bar m", to hold the forward cde of the card, and a temporary spring,r holder m4, consisting of dit tot"

a spring plate slotted to correspond with the I slotted body m', or of-a series of springs forming a spring comb, such slotted spring` plate or spring comb being curved4 to conform substantially to the curvature of the body lm but notresting closely upon such body. At the time when the card is ejecte from the bottom of the bos the slotted body m stands in the position represented in Fig. l1, under the stationary spring holder mi', so that the card, as it is ejected from the card holder 7c is forced into the curved space between the slotted body and the spring holder until its forward edge enters the space between the forwardportion of the body' mf and they edge holding? bar m3. its suon as the card' is inserted in theholder the d reo body m beginsto move forward from the position shown in Fig. 11 toward the po-y sition shown in Fig. 12, being forced in such movement upon the point members of the pins. In such movement the card is carried out from under the spring holder m, but as its forward edge is held by theedge holding bar m3 it is forced upon the sharp points of the pins which enter the card, as clearly shown in Fig. 12, lying in the slots m2 of the body m. To effect the desired movement of the pin holding body m, it is carried by a lever m5 mounted on a shaft m6. The lower end of the lever m5 stands between a rapidly rotating grooved face cam m7, shown in'Figs. 1, 3 and 1 and in detail inFigs. 17 and 18', mounted upon a shaft m8, and a cam m shown also in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 and in detail in Figs. 16-18, mounted loosely upon the shaft 'm8, and rotated slowly in synchronism with the operation of the card feed &c. yNormally the end of the lever m5 stands out of engagement with the cam m7, but after twelve revolutions of the cam m7 the lever is thrown by the cam m9 into engagement with the cam m7, so that at the proper moment, when the'earrier f is sta tionary, and when twelve pins are in readi ness to be inserted in the card, the card holder is operated quickly, by the rapidly revolving cam m7, to place the card held upon the points ofthe pins or, in other words, to insert the pins in the card. The cam 'mf' is conveniently carried -by a gear mi", which also, in the machine shown, carries the eccentric its. Y

When the pins have Abeen applied to the card, the next operation is toy close the pins.

u This operation, also, must be effected with greatl rapidity when the carrier is stationary after the desired number of pins have been inserted in the card; The pin closer n (Figs. 1, 11-14) comprises a suitably -notched plate n', carried by a plunger rod n2 sliding in a guide 1r and having its lower end stand between a rapidly moving grooved face cam n* on the shaft fm, anda slowly revolving face cam, indicated by dotted lines atar in Fig. 1. conveniently carried hy the slowly revolving gear u mounted loosely ou the shaft ms. The cams 1.1,* and 'a5 are identica-L in construction and operation with the cams m7 and m previously described and vshown in detail in Figs. 1(" -18,and need not, therefore, be further illustrated in detail. The roller carried by the plunger n2 stands normally out lof engagement with the rapidly revolving cam n, but after-'every twelfth revolution thereof is thrown into engagement therewith by the slowly revolving cam a5, so that when twelve pins have been inserted in a card, the closer is operated quickly to close all of sulj pins during the brief interval in which the pins are held stationary by the carrier f.

It will' be understood that the closer simply pushes the point members of the pin straight toward the back members and that the ypoints are deflected by the shield or head of the pin so as to pass to one side of and into the shields or heads, with which they engage as the opener is withdrawn. The card, of course, is carried with the pin points, as clearly indicated in Fig. 13.

The final operation performed by the machine is the removal or pulling out of the pins, mounted on the card, from the carrier j. This operation is performed when the card and the pins have moved beyond the range of the pin box and pin inserting devices, that is, in the machine shown, after twelve successive forward movements of the carrier after pins have been inserted in the card. The pin remover o (Figs. 4, 11-13 and 15) comprises a comb o', adapted to engage the pins, as indicated in Fig. 15, carried by a link o2 which is slotted, as at o, to engage a guide p inl o". The link is connected to a lever 05 (Fig. 4 and dotted lines in Fig. 5) which is mounted on the oscillating shaft m previously referred to. The comb o and link o2 stand normally in the position indicated in Figs. 11, 12 and 13, but when a card with its twelve pins is in the proper position the comb is drawn backward and downward, by reason of the slot 03, so that it first engages the pins, as shown byfull lines in Fig. 15, and then draws them out of the sockets f of the carrier, as indicated by dotted lines in the same figure, so thatthe card with its pins is then free to fall into a receptacle which may be placed to receive them. rl`his operation of the remover takes place at` the same time as the operation of inserting the pins in the next following card and takes place quickly during the brief interval for which the carrier is at rest after a forward movement.

Obviously the means for supplying power to the several devices hereinbefore described might be arranged in any convenient manner. As shown in the drawings power is applied through the pulleys p, p on a shaft p2. A pinion p3 on the shaft meshes with a large gear p4, on the shaft ci', previously referred to, which carries the cam c". The shaft c also carries a hand or flv wheel yf'. A sprocket p on the shaft c drives the elevator, through a chain 7)?, and a sprocket 72S on the upper shaft p9 of the elevator. The gear. r/ on the shaft of', through an idler y', drives a gear 12 on a shaft (P. The shaft qs, through bevel gears q", drives the shaft fs, hereinbefore referred to.

The gear (/5 on the shaft q, through an idler o, drives a gear Q7 on the shaft QG of the opener g. The gear (15 also meshes with a gear g8 on the shaft ms vwhich carries the rapidly revolving cams mT and n". The gear Q on the shaft c5 also meshes with a gear f* annonce kgages a gear r'J'on the shaft a2 Which carries 4the feeder c.

" Thj'e shaft f8, previously referred to, drives "slowly through a Worin s and worm wheel si, a shaft s which has a gear s1 meshing with the sloi'vly moving gear m10 which carries the earn m9, and a gea-r s meshing with the slowly moving gear n" which carries the cam n. this train of gearing being so timed, in the machine shown, as to cause the cams lmD and n to rotate once for every twelve revolutions of the corresponding cams m7 and n4. The gear s,through intermediate- @idle gears s and s", drives a gear si on a shaft 8 to which is fixed the cam sw which operates the blade c for the purpose of clearing the hopper c at intervals.

A gear t on the rapidly rotating shaft m8 meshes with a gear t on the shaft el which carries the cams @18,

It will be understood that the arrangement of the gearing may be varied to suit different conditions of operation or convenience in construction. rfhe gearing shown herein is designed with reference to the proper timing f the parts necessary to perform all of the several operations described when .twelve pins are to be applied to a single card\ lt will be understood, moreover, that as to the several devices Which are operated by such gearing, one or another of such devices might be omitted and the function thereof performed by hand and that any of such devices is capable of performing its .intended function either by itself or in combination with some or all of the other devices described.

@*Changes may be made Within the scope ofv 't ie combination of a hopper in which the pins tobe handled may be placed, a conveycr, a-i'otating feed roll mounted between the hopper and the conveyor and having proiertions to transfer the pins to be han dlr-,d from the hopper to the conveyor, and a second hopper to which. the pins arey dem livered by the conveyor, said second hopper having inclined sides and an inclined, slotted bottom.

8, ln a machine for handling safety pins, the combination of a hopper in which the pins to 'he Alnrncllecl may Lhe placed, a con veyer, a rotating feed roll-mountedbetvveen the hopper and the 'conveyor and having projections to transfer 'the pins -to -be han dled `fibra 'the hopper to 'the conveyor, l'a second 'hopper to which the pins are delivered by the conveyenesaid secondbopper v having inclined sides and an incl-mediJh lotted bottom, and means agitate the pins to cause rthem to drop 'partly through the slotted bottom of thelsecondnamed hopper.

4f. ln a machine for handling safety pins, the combina-tionofan linclined *guide along which the pins to be -l1acndledare^nxovedby gravity, -a traveling carrier adapted to freceive Athe pins, 'and independent `means to transferthepins Aone by one fromthe-gude to the carrie'. l.

5.. ln a machine 'forhandlingsajfety pins, the combination of -an 'inclined guide Valong which the pins to be 4handled aremoved "by gravity, yielding lstops at 'the end 'of the guide to prevent .the accidental release 'of the pins, a transversely traveling carrier adapted to receive the pins and means to transfer the pinsone by onelfrom the guide to the carrier.

G. In a machine-for handling safetypins, the combination of means to supply 4thleipins in a succession, atransversely traveling carrier adapted to receive'a 'plurality -of pins and means independent ofthe supply means l and carrier to transfer the pins lone by one from the supply to the carrier. v

ln a-vmachine for nandlingsafety pins, the combination of 'an inclined, slotted guide adapted to permit the 'movement of safety pins by gravity with their ends resting upon the guide members and their bodies depending throughfthe -slot,-a traveling carrier having sockets to receive the pins,fand means to transfer the safety ypine one by vone from the guide to the carrier.

8. ln a machine for vhandlingsafety pins, the combination of a slotted guideadapted to permit safety pins to move thereon by gravity with one end supported upon the guide members and lthe body depending through the slot, spring stops lat the end of the guide to engage the ends `of each -pin and prevent its accidental disengagement from the guide, a traveling `carrier having sockets to receive the ypins and means to transfer the pins one by one from the guide to the carrier.

9. ln a machine for handling safety pins,

means vto supply the pins to be handled,

a uni-directional traveling Acarrier adapted to receive the pins, nippersedapted to grasp a pin as presented by the supply means, and

means to actnate said nippers to grasp and:

release the pin andlto move the same bodily to transfer the pin from the supply means to the carrier.

i0. ln a mach-ine forhandling pine,

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. l1. In a machine for handling safety pins,

the combination of a unidirectional traveling carrier adapted to receive the pins in succession, positive means to apply the pins to the carrier, and an opener to open such pins as may be closed.

'12. In a machine for handling safety pins, the combination of means to supply the pins,

a traveling carrier to receive the pins, positive means to bodily transfer the pins in succession from the supply to the carrier, and an opener to open such pinsas may be closed. l

13. In a machine for handling safety pins, the combination of a traveling carrier adaptedto receive the pins, positive means to apply the pins in succession to the carrier, a linger to press upon the point member of the pin While held in the carrier and release it from the head of the pin, and means to actuate said linger. i Y

14:. In a machine for handling safety pins, the combination ofy a traveling carrier adapted to receive the pins in succession, opposing ingers adapted to press upon the point member and the back member of the pin and release the point member from the head of the pin While the pin is held by the carrier, and means to actuate said lingers.

15, In a machine for handling safety pins, the combination of an endless chain carrier adapted to receive the pins, opposing levers mounted in proximity to the carrier and provided with fingers to press upon the point member and back member of the pin and disengage the point member from the head of the pin, and means to actuate said levers.

16. In a machine for handling safety pins andthe like, a carrier consisting of anlend-V less chain provided with sockets to positively grip the ends of the safety pins or the like to retain the same.

17. In a machine for handling safety pins and the like, a carrier having swiveled sockets to receive the tion thereof. y

18. 'In a machine for handling safety pins and the like, a carrier consisting of an end-` less chain provided With swiveled sockets to receive the pins and permit the rotation thereof.

19. In a machine for handling safety pins and the like, the combination ofa carrier pins and permit the rotay and the like, the combination of a carrier having swiveled sockets to receive the ends of the safety pins or the like, and means to rotate the pins While held in the swiveled sockets so that their point members may occupy the same relative positions.

21. In a machine for handling safety pins and the like, the combination of a carrier adapted to receive the pins andk permit them to be turned therein, and a turner therefor comprising a finger adapted tocoperate with the open point member of the in, and means to support and rotate saidl nger in contact with the point member of the pin to turn the pin.

22. In a machine for handling safety pins, the combination of a carrier` adapted to receive the pins and permit the same to be turned therein, a segmental upon an aXis parallel With the carrier and having a linger to coperate With the open point member ,of a pin While held in the carrier, and means to rotate said gear with its finger to turn the pin.y

23. In a machine for handling safety pins, the combinationof a carrier having swiveled gear mounted sockets to receive the pins, means to apply the pins to the sockets and a turner to turn spin held in the socket to a uniform position.

- 24. In a machine of the character described, the' combination of a traveling carrier adapted to receive and support the articles to be handled, means for imparting a step by step movement to the carrier, and means to bodily transfer the articles one by one to the carrier in its successive positions of rest.

25. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a traveling carrier having sockets to receive the articles. means to impart a step by stepmvement to the carrier, meansto supply the articles, and means to bodily transfer the articles one by one from the supply means to the sockets of the carrier.

26. In a machine for handling safety pins, the combination of a carrier adapted to receive the pins, an opener to open such pins as may be closed While held by the carrier, and a turning device to turn the pins to the same relative positions While held by the carrier.

27. In a machine for handling safety pins, the combination of a carrier having swiveled sockets to receive the pins. an opener to open such pins as mav be closed While held by the carrier, and a turning device to turn the pins to the same relative positions While held by the carrier.

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messes y 28. In a machine for carding safety pins, the combination of a carrier to receive the pins, an opener to open such pins as may be closed, a turning device to turn the pins to the same relative positions, a card holder and means to cause the point members of the pins to be inserted in the card.

29. ln a machine for carding safety pins, the combination of a, movable body, curved and slotted, an edge holding bar movable with the body, and a stationary spring comb curved to conform to the body.

30. In a machine for carding safety pins, the combination of a card holder, means to feed the card to the holder, means to suppport the pins with their point members open, and means operative upon the introduction of a predetermined number -of pins to the support to move the holder With the card to cause the point members of the pins to be inserted in the card.

3l. ln a machine for carding safety pins, the combination of amovable holder, curved and slotted, a stationary spring comb, curved to conform to the body, means to feed the cards to the'holder, means to sup'- port the pins with their point members open, and means to move the holder from its position adjacent to the spring comb to will cause the point'members of the pf'ns to be inserted in the card.

32.\ln a machine for carding safety pins, the combination of means to support the pins with their point members open, a card holder, means to move the "same to cause the `point members of the pins to be inserted in the card, and a pin and card remover and means to zictuate the same to Withdraw the card and pins from the pin holding means.

33. In a machine for carding safety pins, theeombination of a. carrier adapted to receive vthe pins and support the Asame-With their point members open, means to impart a"v step by step movement to the carrier, means to apply the pins one by one to the carrier in its successive positions of.rest, a card fholder and means to actuate the same after asuccession of operations'of the devices for applying'pins to thevcarrier to cause the point members ofthe pins held by the carrier to be inserted in the card on the holder. 4 l

rlhis specification signed and witnessed .this sixth day of Aug., A. D. 1908.

HERBERT B. CHURCH-If Signed in the presence of*- W. B. GREELEY, AMBRosE L. OSHEA. 

